lingua

2 definitions found

lingua - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lingua \Lin"gua\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]), n.; pl. Lingu[ae]
     (l[i^][ng]"gw[=e]). [L., the tongue.] (Zool.)
     (a) A tongue.
     (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the
         mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
         [1913 Webster]

lingua - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lingua
      n 1: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous
           membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue,
           lingua, glossa, clapper]